just a clarification if you weren't joking.. You get about a 95% discount for educational licenses, the only thing it prohibits you is from making commercial work with it... I'm still attending school... at 32.. _________________.::astrochimp.net::.

the top most .... monitor .. i think its a monitor... looks like a laptop ... looks like two lap-tops stuck on each other.

and why do some people have dual monitor set-ups for painting ?

I think he has a laptop plus an extra LCD as a second monitor to keep his palettes on. Why cramp your image with all that interfacey stuff if you can dump it all onto a side monitor?_________________brian.prince|light.comp.paint

and why do some people have dual monitor set-ups for painting ?
(Bob has 4 >_< )

yeah i'm greedy

laptop is for ICQ,MSN,AIM,Outlook, IRC, FTP other bits and pieces - i control it using a little app called synergy (allows 1 computer to control others - i just swing my mouse to the left and i have control over my laptop via my workstation)

the 2 19's are for Photoshop and Page and Website Layout Design
15 is for testing websites @ 1024x768 (52% of current web users are @ 1024), file managing, Winamp and occasionally i have a film running

In my setup, the top monitor is the drawing/painting area and the bottom monitor is for graphics program resources.
That way the drawing/painting area is totally uncluttered. The cursor moves smoothly from the top monitor to the
bottom monitor when picking up new resources.

Yes, the top monitor is a widescreen laptop. The bottom is a cheapo LCD flat screen. Since it covers the laptop
keyboard, I have a USB keyboard to the left for easy typing and keyboard shortcuts.

The setup works really well and packs up into one small suitcase. Breaks down and sets up in just a few minutes. Less the folding tables, it packs up into the case below which I can carry on to an airplane...